Are you traveling? If so, remember NOT to place your batteries (or devices that contain batteries) in your checked luggage.
The FAA forwarded CASAA the following information, suggesting that it might be of interest to our members. We agree, so here it is:
FAA to Airlines: E-cigs in Checked Bags are Fire Risk
January 23As the popularity of e-cigarettes increases, the FAA wants airlines to ensure passengers dont put their e-cigarettes in checked baggage, when they can pose a fire hazard in the cargo compartment.
The FAA today released a Safety Alert for Operators (SAFO) making U.S. air carriers aware of a recent bulletin from the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) that described several incidents associated with e-cigarettes, as well as ICAOs recommendation to ban the devices in checked baggage. ICAO is the arm of the United Nations that develops and disseminates suggested standards for the international aviation community.
In several incidents both inside and outside the transportation industry, e-cigarettes have overheated or caught fire when the heating element was accidentally activated. Last August, an e-cigarette in checked baggage stowed in an airliners cargo hold caused a fire that forced an evacuation of the aircraft. The danger may be increased when users modify and rebuild their reusable e-cigarette devices and interchange original and aftermarket batteries, heating elements, and vaporizing components.
The FAA SAFO recommends that operators follow the ICAO bulletin and require passengers to carry e-cigarettes and related devices solely in the aircraft cabin, where overheating or fire can be observed and handled more quickly. The agency encourages airlines to communicate this new policy to passengers as widely as possible through their websites, press releases, at ticket purchase, during the check-in process and by other established means to inform passengers about hazardous materials regulations and policies.
View the FAA SAFO: http://www.faa.gov/other_visit/avia...afety/safo/all_safos/media/2015/SAFO15003.pdf
Get more information on the rules for passengers carrying hazardous materials in carry-on or checked baggage:
http://www.faa.gov/Go/PackSafe
The FAA forwarded CASAA the following information, suggesting that it might be of interest to our members. We agree, so here it is:
FAA to Airlines: E-cigs in Checked Bags are Fire Risk
January 23As the popularity of e-cigarettes increases, the FAA wants airlines to ensure passengers dont put their e-cigarettes in checked baggage, when they can pose a fire hazard in the cargo compartment.
The FAA today released a Safety Alert for Operators (SAFO) making U.S. air carriers aware of a recent bulletin from the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) that described several incidents associated with e-cigarettes, as well as ICAOs recommendation to ban the devices in checked baggage. ICAO is the arm of the United Nations that develops and disseminates suggested standards for the international aviation community.
In several incidents both inside and outside the transportation industry, e-cigarettes have overheated or caught fire when the heating element was accidentally activated. Last August, an e-cigarette in checked baggage stowed in an airliners cargo hold caused a fire that forced an evacuation of the aircraft. The danger may be increased when users modify and rebuild their reusable e-cigarette devices and interchange original and aftermarket batteries, heating elements, and vaporizing components.
The FAA SAFO recommends that operators follow the ICAO bulletin and require passengers to carry e-cigarettes and related devices solely in the aircraft cabin, where overheating or fire can be observed and handled more quickly. The agency encourages airlines to communicate this new policy to passengers as widely as possible through their websites, press releases, at ticket purchase, during the check-in process and by other established means to inform passengers about hazardous materials regulations and policies.
View the FAA SAFO: http://www.faa.gov/other_visit/avia...afety/safo/all_safos/media/2015/SAFO15003.pdf
Get more information on the rules for passengers carrying hazardous materials in carry-on or checked baggage:
http://www.faa.gov/Go/PackSafe
